Encryption
- News
iPhone and Android Can Now Text With Full Encryption. Here’s Why Kenya Misses Out
iOS 26.5 finally secures messages between iPhones and Android phones. But the feature needs working RCS and a willing carrier,…
- News
End-to-End Encryption Is Gone From Instagram DMs. Why Now, and What Kenyans Should Do
Meta ended Instagram's end-to-end encrypted DMs on 8 May 2026. Here is why, what changed, and what Kenyans can actually…
- Startups
GreenAfrica’s $100K Win Caps the World’s Largest Web3 Hackathon
Hedera's $1M Africa Hackathon ends with GreenAfrica winning $100K. A new Investment Committee signals long-term capital for builders.
- News
How a WhatsApp Tweet About ‘lol’ Ignited a Firestorm Over Privacy
A WhatsApp joke, "we see you," caused a privacy firestorm as users, distrustful of Meta, feared their encrypted messages were…
- Startups
Shutter Network Launches Shutter API to Bring Next-Gen Encryption to Web3
Shutter Network launches Shutter API, a decentralized encryption tool enabling trustless privacy for Web3 auctions, gaming, DeFi, and secure transactions.
- Opinion
Privacy Forecasts for 2021; Data Hoarding and Government Crackdowns on Encryption
This realisation has led to a shift in attitudes to privacy and the way citizens, organisations and governments perceive it.…
- Opinion
How can we make everyone quit WhatsApp?
Facebook is really bullying us to accepting its new policies with WhatsApp. If we don't like it, the only option…
- News
Google RCS Messaging goes live in Kenya
Messages just got better, and RCS Support has gone live in Kenya. You may have already seen the notification if…
- News
Report: Modern Android Phones beat iPhones in Security
Android BEATSβ’ Apple in Security
- News
Facebook Shelves Plans to Insert Ads in WhatsApp – For Now
Facebook has revealed it won't be inserting ads on WhatsApp in the near future as had been previously reported
- News
You can now Chat through the Google Photos App.
Google has introduced an easier way to share photos as quick messages through their Photos backup platform.
- Opinion
Bonga (Zwuup) by Safaricom was a dead-before-arrival Chat App
Safaricom Alpha department launched over a year ago an App called Bonga - later renamed to Zwupp! - that was…
- Interesting Reads
Bonga Review: Safaricom brings Chat to M-Pesa
Innovation? Or dead on arrival? M-Pesa Bonga App wants to intergrate chatting with Safaricom's Mobile Money Transactions.
- Interesting Reads
An ethical hacker can help you beat a malicious one
Not all hackers can be bad for an organisation: the white hat or ethical hacker can help
- Interesting Reads
Snapchat could be the Future of Social Networking
I used Snapchat for one week, and I think it's the future. Read on to find out why.
